Two newcomers win Rochester School Committee seats

ROCHESTER — Two newcomers won seats on the Rochester School Committee, in the process ousting incumbent Timothy Scholz in Wednesday's election.

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By MICHAEL J. DECICCO

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By MICHAEL J. DECICCO

Posted Apr. 10, 2014 at 12:01 AM

By MICHAEL J. DECICCO

Posted Apr. 10, 2014 at 12:01 AM

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ROCHESTER — Two newcomers won seats on the Rochester School Committee, in the process ousting incumbent Timothy Scholz in Wednesday's election.

The two new committee members are Jennifer Kulak, who won with 212 votes, and Meagan Bennett, who garnered 165 votes. Scholz, who was running for his third term, came close with 159 votes.

Also on the losing end was Board of Health incumbent Sandra Keese. Challenger David Souza, a local excavator and cranberry farmer, outpolled her 185 to 170.

Scholz was gracious in defeat. "The people who got involved and worked for it, they deserve it," he said. "Both of them have been coming to School Committee meetings faithfully. If anybody should have a seat on the committee, it's those two."

Kulak is a library trustee who has two children attending the Rochester Memorial School. Bennett is a Rochester native who moved back to town so her children could attend the town's school.

She is a member of the Parent-Teacher Organization and volunteers weekly at the Memorial School.

Town Clerk Naida Parker said the election drew only 400 voters or 10 percent of the 4,000 who are registered to vote.